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Old 07-12-2007, 10:38 AM   #1
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I like this concept of recycling engine waste heat. http://www.autoblog.com/2005/12/09/b...-hot-and-goes/
http://www.motortrend.com/features/e...gue_hybrid_qa/
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very interesting....
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Old 07-13-2007, 02:39 AM   #3
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It wont work out. Its a boiler on a car. Most folks have issues running them in there homes.
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Yeah but if you call it an energy transmogrification device...
or maybe a flux capacitor...

Hey, I'm for looking into anything that will raise FE. There's a lot of wasted heat energy going out the exhaust manifold. If you even could get it to charge a battery you could use it to boost FE in a hybrid.
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